SAUSALITO — Waves of heavy rain pounded California on Thursday, trapping people in floodwaters, washing away a mountain highway, triggering a mudslide that destroyed homes and forcing residents to flee communities scorched by wildfires last year. At least two people died as the powerful system swept in from the Pacific...
Big Mudslide Blocks U.S. 395 Near the State Line
TOPAZ LAKE, Nev. — Crews were working Tuesday to reopen a major highway in the Sierra that was shut down by a huge mudslide at Topaz Lake near the Nevada-California state line. The mudslide covered U.S. Highway 395 with 100 feet of debris as deep as 5 feet in some...